A question about : can anybody help me
i have offered to help a group called little love, they are a group which make knitted and sewn clothes for premature and still born babies, this is a subject that is close to my heart as on mother day this year my son ryan was still born at 40 weeks, this group make clothes and blankets for these babies as you cant buy clothes this small in the shops for babies born early, they make the clothes and give them to hospitals for the babies they are given free of charge. i would love to be able to help these these families and there babies,
so this is where you lovely ladies and men come in, i was wondering if any of you had any scraps of material, wool, ribbon or knitting neddles, you would be willing to post to me,or that i could pick up if you live in orpington as you can imagine a hat for baby who is born at 24 weeks does not need a lot of wool , so any amount would be greatfully recieved. i know im asking alot. but i really want to help and the more wool, and material i can get the more i can make
thanks for reading and i have my fingers crossed
thanks maria, joshua and mia- emily
xxxx
Best answers:
- Hi Maria,
Sorry to hear of your loss.
Can you ask on your local freecycle? if you explain it is for charity then you may get a huge response.
I will have a dig in my unit and see if I have ribbons for you. I know I have no materiel and definately don't have any wool however I will ask my family for you aswell. - thanks rusty, i have asked on my freecycle but got no response, thanks for the quick reply, that was very speedy
xx - Hi maria, I don't have materials as such but I'd be more than happy to knit up a couple of items and send on to you for you to give, if that's any good?
Let me know.
Sorry to read your post, heartbreaking doesn't even come close. - hi maria, sorry to hear of your loss xxx
contact your local paper - they might provide the publicity you need and the materials you need may come flooding in - you could even organise a knit-a-thon or something -
good luck in your quest x - soblivion, yeah that would be good, what would you knit, they need, v neck cardigans, booties blankets, tiny litlle mittens, ventilator bonnets, bonnets if you let me know i will email you the patterns, thank you very much, i really do apprechiate it
xxx - No problems maria, would these be okay - this website is purely for charitable use for mainly preemie babies
mittens https://www.p2designs.com/images/patterns/MiniMitts.html
bonnet https://www.p2designs.com/pdfs/NicuT-Bonnet.pdf
socks https://www.p2designs.com/images/patt...BasicBaby.html
I have some blanket squares that I knit already just needs to be sewn up. If you let me know what size I'll put it together. https://s161.photobucket.com/albums/t...t=100_0442.jpg
If it's okay.
I'm sure I have a prem cardie v-neck pattern here somewhere, I'll let you know.
Don't be afraid to say if you don't like. - thanks that is fine and would be great, although i think the blankets wouldn't be aloud the to have the holes as the premature babies may get there little fingers of ventilator tubes stuck, but on saying that they should be ok for still born babies, as a guide we were told blankets should be about 20" square, or slightly bigger for bigger babies
sorry i feel like im being a right pain in the behind !!!!
xx - On the Old Style board there is a section called "Knit a square to gve your share" and a group of people who are knitting things for hospials and premature babies.
If you post on there I am sure someone could help. - Forgot to say that you could also try your local freecycle group.
- Hello x
I am so sorry to hear about your loss - I would really like to help but I don't have anything like this in my house - I could send you some ball of wool - if you PM me your address. But I had this idea that maybe you could contact your local John lewis / Haberdashery and ask them for there spare materials. I am sure that they would be really helpful as this is a topic which makes most of us feel like we wish we could help.
Good Luck
Alison x - thank you so much alison i will pm you my address now, that is a really good idea aswell will give them a ring in the morning
- Count me in Maria let me have your address, pm, and I will post some stuff off. I have some nursey designed flannel fabric but not sure if you can use it due to fire regs, would make lovely blankets for cribs. I don't have huge pieces but perhaps you could sew them together for a quilt. Let me know if you can use some. Can you enquire at local hospital if you can use flannel then I can let you have some.
- Hi Maria...
I will pm you my e-mail addres in a moment, and if you let me have some patterns -I will knit some bits n bobs .... Im x stitching for the hospice that looked after my sis, but im sure I can do some more knitting too
oooh just tried-but I can't pm you.... if you PM me i will try and contact you - sethsgran - hi, thank you so much i will send you my address immediatly, for the instructions i have been gien it says you can use flannel fabric for the baby wraps, which are used for babies who are born around 24 weeks as there skin is so delicate that they cant be dresses so flannel would be great, and they are only 20" sqaure so not alot of fabric is used in each one
thanks again for your support,
maria - Hi Maria, what a wonderful thing you are doing. PM me your address and I have some wool you are very welcome to. I'll pop it in the post tomorrow.
Lucy x
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